| 词条 | Albert Micajah Shipp |
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| name = Albert Micajah Shipp | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = June 15, 1819 | birth_place = Stokes County, North Carolina | death_date = June 27, 1887 | death_place = Cleveland Springs, North Carolina | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation =clergyman, university administrator | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse =Mary Jane Gillespie | children = John Shipp, Sarah W. Shipp | parents =John Shipp, Elizabeth Wade Ogilvie | relatives = | box_width = }} Albert Micajah Shipp (1819-1887) was an American Methodist minister and university administrator. BiographyEarly lifeAlbert Micajah Shipp was born on June 15, 1819, in Stokes County, North Carolina.[1][2] His father was John Shipp (1791-1820) and his mother, Elizabeth Wade Ogilvie (1795-1855).[2] He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1] CareerHe joined the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1841.[1] He served as a Methodist pastor in Charleston, Cokesbury, Santee, Cheraw, and Fayetteville.[1] In 1847, he became the Presiding Elder of the Lincolnton District.[1] He retired from preaching after his voice became too weak.[1][3] He served as the President of Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina, from 1848 to 1850. He then taught English, French, and history at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, in 1850-1851.[1] In 1851, he joined the Board of Trustees of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[1] He went on to serve as its President from 1859 to 1875, including during the American Civil War of 1861-1865 and the Reconstruction Era.[1][4] However, he was forced to leave after he clashed with James Henry Carlisle (1825-1909), who served as the next President from 1875 to 1902.[1] In 1875, he became a professor of exegetical theology in the Biblical Department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.[5] From 1882 to 1887, he served as its dean.[1][4] However, he was forced to resign by Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824–1889).[1] He retired in Marlboro County, South Carolina.[1] Personal lifeHe married Mary Jane Gillespie (1826-1880).[2] They had a son and a daughter:
DeathHe died on June 27, 1887, in Cleveland Springs, North Carolina, at the age of sixty-eight.[1][2] Bibliography
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Wofford College biography {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shipp, Albert Micajah}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 ancestry.com 3. ^Frederick Rudolph, The American College and University: A History, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2011, p. 159 [https://books.google.com/books?id=3se-H1Y_l7kC&pg=PA159&dq=%22Albert+Micajah+Shipp%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BElnU5bfIsGHkQXF3YDwAQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Albert%20Micajah%20Shipp%22&f=false] 4. ^1 Dr. Phillip Stone, Wofford College, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2010, p. 16 [https://books.google.com/books?id=-R1lBhbAq9EC&pg=PA16&dq=%22Albert+Micajah+Shipp%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BElnU5bfIsGHkQXF3YDwAQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Albert%20Micajah%20Shipp%22&f=false] 5. ^Vanderbilt University Faculty in 1875 9 : 1819 births|1887 deaths|People from Stokes County, North Carolina|People from Marlboro County, South Carolina|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty|Wofford College faculty|Vanderbilt University faculty|Southern Methodists |
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